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Islington 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER. TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 1st DAY OF MAY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER. TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 1st DAY OF MAY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1..........2
Chicken Pox....473..14
Measles....249..15
Scarlatina....159..15
Whooping Cough..5203127..83
Croup......1....1
Diarrhæa10..17374015119
Dysentery......13..4
Cholera......1....1
Ague....1..1..2
Continued Fever....7108..25
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever......11..2
Rheumatic Fever......11..2
Erysipelas....255..12
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....61326..45
Mumps....1..2..3
Pyæmia....1......1
Bronchitis and Catarrh32..18211317654557
Pneumonia....713..11
Pleurisy....813..12
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity....61....7
Carbuncle........2..2
All other Diseases88104065357161461901
Total1311567276910352152837

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 29th, 1869, to May 1st, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 29th, 1869, to May 1st, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected229360..589
DrainsConstructed83..11
Improved or repaired1232..44
Traps fixed2525..50
CesspoolsAbolished41..5
Cleansed or disinfected2....2
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished41..5
Pan and trap only furnished..1..1
Water supply furnished2318..41
Constructed..2..2
Repaired and covers adapted54..9
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Repaired and covers adapted2227..49
General WaterPan, trap, and water supply furnished41..5
Pan and trap only furnished179..26
Water supply furnished........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired13..4
„ cleansed or limewashed6842..110
„ ventilated17..8
Overcrowding abated..3..3
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments76..13